Peter Andre

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Peter Andre

Peter Andre is the first ever Australian solo artist to debut at No.1 in the UK with his album, Natural. He entered the mainstream with his hit single, Gimme Little Sign.

About

Peter James Andrea was born in Harrow London, England on February 27, 1973 to Greek-Cypriot parents Savvas and Thea. He has four brothers and one sister and is the youngest of the Andre clan.

Peter lived in London and attended Sudbury Junior School 'til the age of six and emigrated to Queensland, Australia with his parents and siblings. There, he and his siblings attended Benowa High School.

At thirteen, together with his brother Chris, Peter composed his first song entitled Dream A Little that later appeared on his self-titled album. Chris also stood as his manager during the early years of his Australian career.

At sixteen, Peter joined Australia's talent show called New Faces in 1990 and performed Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel, not only did he win but he was offered a recording contract live on air by one of the judges, Molly Meldrum.

At nineteen, he had his first hit in Australia with Gimme Little Sign and was honored with having had the highest-selling record of the decade.

At twenty-three, he became the special guest performer of both Madonna & Bobby Brown concert tours and later on return to the UK to continue writing and recording songs for a wider market.

His first UK album, Natural debuted at number 1 followed by several hits which eventually led him to tour throughout the UK, Asia, Europe and Australia.

In 1997, Peter had achieved his dream of performing a sold-out concert at Wembley Arena.

During the 90s, Peter became UK's 6th highest-selling solo artist grossing for over 20 million pounds CDs and merchandise sold aside from being voted as Best Australian Artist at the World Music Awards in Monaco.

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News

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Tours & Concerts

Peter Andre is currently not performing any shows

Announcements

• Peter Andre and Katie Price Jordan - A Whole New World on YouTube

Discography

Albums

Peter Andre 1993 Mushroom Records	Natural 1996 BMG Int'l	Time 1997 BMG Int'l	The Long Road Back 2004 Wea Int'l
A Whole New World 2006 Sony BMG

Singles

Compilations & Live Releases

Greatest Hits 2002 MCI

The Platinum Collection 2005 Wea Int'l

Other artists

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Influences

Contemporaries

Trivia

• He was Australian raised.
• Is of Greek-Cypriot heritage.
• Speaks Greek fluently.
• His parents are Greek: Thea and Savvas.
• He's the youngest of 6 children. Siblings: Andrew, Danny, Michael, Chris and Debbie.
• Lived in Cyprus, focusing more on songwriting than performing, before his appearance on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" (2002).
• Upon his return from the jungle in "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!", his hit single "Mysterious Girl" - which reached #2 in its mid 90s release - was re-released in February, due to a tongue-in-cheek campaign by Radio 1's Chris Moyles.
• Wrote a song whilst in the jungle for "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" titled "Insania" - a mix between insane and mania - that is now infamous in the UK. The lyrics to the chorus are "Do do do do do/do do do do do/do do do do do/this is insania" and many often confuse this with The Conga.
• It was discovered that his infamous jungle-penned song "Insania" was actually written five years previous in 1999 and the demo was bought at a boot sale.
• The 2004 re-release of his song "Mysterious Girl", went straight to #1 in the UK with over 300,000 sales, eight years after its original release. It also put him into the Guinness Book of Records as the only singer to have the same song hit the top of the UK charts three times. (February 2004)
• He met his wife Jordan when they both appeared on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
• Fiancée Jordan gave birth to a son, Junior, who was born on 13th June 2005, weighing in at 5lbs 13oz.
• Encourages his wife and children to learn about the Greek culture and language.
• His wife, Jordan loves the Greek culture and food. She is taking language classes to learn Greek as she believes it is "the most beautiful language".
• Peter and wife Jordan are in the process of making a fly-on-the-wall documentary of their life.
• Peter released his autobiography, All About Us! My Story, in 2006.
• In August 2006, Peter Andre and his wife, Jordan, mourned the loss of their unborn baby. Jordan was pregnant with her third child when she tragically suffered a miscarriage.
• On New Years Eve, 2006, Peter’s partially blind stepson Harvey was rushed to hospital after suffering burns. As of January 2007, he is in a stable condition.
• In April 2007, Peter underwent brain scans in a Surrey hospital after falling ill. He initially fell ill in the US earlier in the month but was discharged from hospital.
• Daughter Princess Tiaamii. with Jordan (b. 29 June 2007). 'Tiaamii' is a combination of their mothers' names, Thea and Amy.
• Stepfather of Harvey (b. May 27th 2002), son of Jordan and Dwight Yorke.
• First ever Australian male musical artist to debut at Number 1 in the UK.
• The ONLY Australian male solo artist to have had seven Top 5 hits: I Feel You (No 1 - 1996), Flava (No 1 - 1996), Natural (No 5 - 1996), All About Us (No 3 - 1997), Lonely (No 5 - 1997), Mysterious Girl (No 1 - 2004)

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External Links

• Official Site
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